Mechanical toy



w. JAKU B| EC. MECHANICAL TOY. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25 I92!- .j1,4'27f,'296; Patented Aug. 29, 1922.

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' ATTORNEY W. JAKUBIEC. MECHANICAL TOY. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25,1921.

1,427,296, Patented Aug. 29, 1922.

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' ATTORNEY UNITED woJ'loiEofif ragtime; or" Gasman fEasnY.

I ame e sp ifi aa n of L t r at nt- Patented Aug;29, 1922.

Application nlea oetoter 25,1921; [st-harm. 5-1Q;312.' 3

To all n hom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, Vl oaoinorr a citizen of Poland, residing at Garfield,

New Jersey, inthe county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain I new and useful Improvements inMecha 'iical Toys, of which the following is a specification.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a mechanically operated toy having means incorporated within its structure for causing a plurality of figures to rotateabout definitely spaced centers and 1n opposite d1- rections.

Another object is the provisionof means by which musical sounds are caused to accompany. the movements of the toy.

These and other objects are attained by the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure and in wh1ch Figure 1 is a sectional elevational view of the toy.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same, taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmental section of the base showing the gong str1k1ng element taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Referring to the figures in deta1l, the numeral 10 represents generally a rectangular base, having sides 11 and a platform 12, to the underside of which is secured a sprin motor, generally designated by the numera 13, and a crank 14, connected to the motor spring shaft, is provided for winding up the motor.

A rectangular frame structure havlng'corner posts 15 is secured to the platform 12, their upper ends supporting a roof 16 and held rigidly by cross braces 17.

Passing centrally and vertically through the upper frame is a shaft 18, the lower end extending through the platform 12, and having a bevel gear 19 engaging a similar'gear 2O fixed to the motor 13, while the upper end rotatably engages in a brace 21 fixed to the underside of the roof 16.

Secured to the cross braces 17 is a plate 22 functioning as a bearing for the shaft 18 and preventing downward movement.

Between the plate 22 and the brace 21 is a musical top 23 having openings at each end through which the shaft 18 freely passes, the

top being held from rotating by thebrack'ets 24, secured between the top and the brace 21.

i Central-1y of the structure, secured to-the Janmsino,

cross braces. 17, is 'li'ollmvcyl'inder 25 having an enlarged lower portion 26 forming a seat on which figures 27 maybe attached. A d1sc-28 havinga hub29 through which plate 30, having a central opening-31,-a plurality of spaced circular openings 32 and a downturned perrpheral fiange 33.

"Another d-iscx34, is rigidlysecu red the enlarged portion of the cylindricalelement 26 atits bottom and a bevel gear 35 is fixed to the underside of the disc concentric with the opening 31 of the plate 30, both disc and gear being clear of the shaft 18.

A plurality of bevel gears 36 are rotatably engaged on studs 37 fixed in hubs integral with the disc 28 of the platform and corn centricwith the openings 32 of the top plate 30. Rotary motion is communicated to the bevel gears 36 from the fixed bevel gear 35, upon rotation of theplatform, by pairs of bevel pinions 38 secured to the short shafts 39 rotatably mounted in the bearings 40 in tegral with the underside of the plate 30.

ithe shaft 18 passes, has secured to it a top On the upper faces of the bevel gears 36 p l are figures 41 rotating with the gears. H

A ong 42, is secured to the backside in teriof'ly of the base, and a striking hammer 43, having an extending lever 44, is pivoted on a stud 45, fixed to thepbas'e, the upper end of the lever 44 projectsupward through an opening 46 formed in the platform 12, and

a lug 47 secured to the underside of the disc 28 isprovided to operate the bell hammer.

In operation, a spring motor attached within the base, is provided with gears adapted to rotate the vertical shaft 18 fixed in the hollow platform and by referring to Figure 1, it will be seen that upon rotation of the shaft 18, the platform 28 turns with figures attached it thus giving motion to the thereon. a 1

f It will be seen that the figures 41 are given two distinct rotary movements, one caused by the platform rotating about the center of the shaft 18, and the other by therotation of the gears 36, centered on the studs 37.

It will also be seen that as the column 25 is rigidly fixed to the structure the figures 27 do not move.

The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive and lllustrative only, and not as restrictive or limitative of the invention,

of whichobviousl an embodiment may be constructed inclu ing many modifications Without departing from the general scope herein indicated and pended claims.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A toy comprising a structure having a motor containing base, roof supporting posts:

fixed on said base, brace bars connecting said posts, a hollow column depending fromthe braces, an enlarged cylindrical base at the bottom of said column, forming a seat on which figural objects are mounted, a central shaft extending into the base, a hollow annular platform fixed to the shaft, bevel gears, mounted in the platform, on a vertical axis, figural, objects secured to the gears,

a bevel drive gear secured adjacent the lower end of said column, and gear trains comdenoted in the apmunicating motion between said bevel gears, and said drive gear.

2. A toy comprising a frame structure,

having a roof and base, posts connecting sald roof and base, a central fixed hollow column, a shaft axially disposed within. said column, a bevel gear fixed to the base of said column,- a rotatable platform, means for driving said platform, a musical top on said shaft, figural object fixed to the column, other figural objects adapted to turn when said platform is rotated, a gong in the base, a hammer extending through the top of said base, a lug on lower side of the platform adapted to operate the hammer, and means within the base for initially causing the device to operate.

In witness whereof I affix my signature.

VOJCIECH JAKUBIEC. 

